Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-19
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SHERifFS PROCLAMATION.
FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN MEprcrrE
LODGE T0WHsHIP, BARRIER cOUNTY.
KANSAS.
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WHEREAS. on the 18th day of January. A.
" D.. lses. the Board OF County Commits
ing convened in Special session. in the once
OF the county clerk of sal county. at the CITY
OI Medlc1ne Lodge, the county-seat of said
county pursuant TO the statutes I'm such case
made and provided, did make and enter on
record the Following order, to-wit:
neress, petition, signel by L. n. Axline
ing moro than two-fifths OF the resident tax
payers of Medicine Lodge township Barber
~ cSIInW state OF kansas, was, on TINS 18th day
OF County Commissioners of said county, there
being present w. w. Cook. Chairman Of said
members thereof, and K. }. Taiiaferro, county
clerk of said county, and ex-officio clerk of
said Board, which said petition. with the sigma
ures following, to-wit:
RAILROAD BOND PETITION.
To the Honorable Board of County Com
f1iSsi0ners Of the County of Barber, in
The State of Kansas:
The undersigned, being more than two-hfths
OF the resident taxpayers of Medicine Lodge
OF Kansas. respectfully prav your honorable
body to submit to the quaiitied electors of said
Thousand Dollars to the capital stock of the
Kansas and Panhandle Railroad COMPANY. q
corporation created and existing under and by
virtue OF the laws of the state of Kansas which
proposes to construct line of railroad into
and through said township. And that in pay
ment Tor said subscription of satd stock, bonds
OF laid township shall beissued in sums of One
Thousand Dollars each, payable in Thirty
Years from date of issue, with interest PAYABLE
seml-annually. at the rate OF six per cent. per
annum, on the first day of January and the
hrst day of July of each AMI every year, until
said principal shall become due; and said bonds
shall have attached thereto, semfannual in
terest coupHns; and the said bonds (both prin-
cipal and INTEREST," shall be payable at the fiscal
agency of the state of Kansas, in the city of
New York, in the state of New York.
And the conditions on which said subscrip-
tion to the capital stock shall he made are,
that the said railroad company shall construct
and operate and maintain said railroad of a
standard gauge, from some point on the north
or east side of said township. and running
tnence through said township, and have the
same In operation onsor before the 3lst day of
December, A. D., 1887; and erect and maintain
q depot and station in said township, as fol.
,0Ws, t3 Nv Within three-fo1rths % Of
avenue. In the city of Medicine Lodge.
And we further pray that you order special
election, to be held In said township, in pur-
suance OF chapter 1O of the laws of 1875 and
the acts OF the legislature of the state of Kan
sas, amendatory thereof, to vote upon the
quSSuOn OF suOscr1OlnR Tor said stock, as afOre-
said And the form of the ballots to be used
at such election, and for such proposition be:
For Subscription to Stock of the Kansas
and Panhandle Railroad Company"
And those against such proposition to be:
against subscription TO Stock of the Kan
sas and Panhandle Railroad Company"
And whereas, said Board of County Commits
sioners have examined said petition. and IL
having been shown to tho satisfaction of said
board that said petition has been signed by
more than two-nfths of the resident tax-pay-
ers In said township, and Is in the for N pre-
scrlDed by law, and is in all respects regular
and legal, and said Board so finds and dc.
Now, therefore, pursuant to the prayer of
salu pertion, and tho statutes I'm such case
made and provided, IL is hereby ordered by the
boaru OF county Commissioners, of said coun-
~, Tnat special election be held at the us
ual voting place in said Township ON
MONDAY, TIE 2lsr DAY OF FEBRU AIRY, 1887,
at which said election the proposition set forth
n the hereinbefore recited petition-which pc
hereby made part of this order-shall be sub
mltted 10 the legally qualified voters Of said
township, Tor their decision by b llot.
And IL Is further ordered by said Board of
County Commissioners that the sheriff of said
county, make due proclamation to the voters
Of said township, OF the holding of said cleo
tiOn at the time and place aforesaid. by Dnh-
hshing the same for 30 days or more next pre-
ceding the day Ofl holding said election in
having general Gin culation in said TOWNSHIP SS
ana that IN said proclamation, said sheriff set
IOrtn the above ana foregoing order. and re-
cite said petition therein.
In witness whereof, we, the undersigned
chairman and members Of the Board of Co,In-
~ Commissioners, of the County of Barber
state OF Kansas, have hereunto, set our hands
as chairman and members aforesaid, Mt the
county seat of said county, this 18th day of
January, A. d. 1887.
w. w. Cook, Chairman,
JOHN MCGRATH, Commissioner,
J. ID. FLEMING, Commissioner.
AS attest, my signature and seal OF said Bar
Der County, hereto affixed this 18th day of Jan
uary, A. d. 1887. 80
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County Clerk Of Barber County, State Of kan-
sas.
Now therefore, /, Charles d. Nelson, sheriff
OF Barber comfy, Kansas, under and by yir-
tue OF the foregoing order OF the Board of
county commissioners, of said county, and
the authority in me vested by law as such
Sheriff, do, hereby, proclaim and make known,
that there will be held. a special election OF
the qualified voters of Medicine Lodge town
ship, in said county, at the usual vot-
ing place in said township on
MONDAY, THE 2lsr DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1887,
upon the proposition as get forth, in the said
order of said Board of County Commissioners,
OF said Barber county, Kansas, and in the
manner and form as therein set forth, and that
said election will be held, the returns made
and the result ascertained in the same manner
as Is provided by law for general elections.
Done mt my office, in the City OF Medicine
Lodge, in said county of Barber, this 18th, day
of January. A. d. 1887.
CHARLES d. NELSON,
Sheriff of Barber County,
BY WIN. LINDSEY,
Under Sheriff.